. Electric railway journal . New York Co-operative Stores—Canned Goods and StapleGrocery Goods Department Gard, who has the actual supervision of the co-operativebranch of the department, has had extended experiencealong the line of all commodities handled in the co-operativestores, having spent twelve years doing purchasing workfor some of the largest firms in Washington Market. Onaccount of the organization and equipment of this depart-ment the best possible prices can be obtained for the dis-tributing depots, and this, when taken together with thefact that supplies for about employee
. Electric railway journal . New York Co-operative Stores—Canned Goods and StapleGrocery Goods Department Gard, who has the actual supervision of the co-operativebranch of the department, has had extended experiencealong the line of all commodities handled in the co-operativestores, having spent twelve years doing purchasing workfor some of the largest firms in Washington Market. Onaccount of the organization and equipment of this depart-ment the best possible prices can be obtained for the dis-tributing depots, and this, when taken together with thefact that supplies for about employees will be pur-. New York Co-operative Stores—Employees Waiting Turnat Meat Counter chased regularly, means a material saving. Purchases aremade as far as possible directly from the producer in orderto eliminate the profits of the middleman. A storeroom isto be constructed in connection with the store at I52dStreet which will serve as a general distributing the supplies ordered by the purchasing agent will bestored here, debited to the various distributing points as 66 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLII, No. 2. needed and transported to them by means of auto trucks. The fact has been much emphasized by the officials ofthe companies that this co-operative move is by no meansa philanthropic one. All sales are made on a cash basisand at actual cost. No profit of any kind is to be chargedby the companies, but on the other hand the companies donot expect to run up a deficit. The scheme is to makeboth ends just meet. The two largest items of a grocerystore are eliminated, delivery and advertis
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